Use of Emergency Department Drops After Affordable Care Act

Frequent use of emergency room or emergency department has dropped since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act , study finds. Uninsured patients are less likely to be frequent users post-ACA, while privately insured patients experienced little change.Read more ...

Study finds drop in frequent use of ED after Affordable Care Act

The odds of being a frequent user of California's emergency departments dropped in the two years following the implementation of major provisions of the Affordable Care Act in January 2014, according to a new study led by UC San Francisco.Read more ...

This study examined the perspectives of pediatric nurse practitioners regarding the needs of adolescents, parents/caregivers, clinicians, and institutions in the health care transition process for adolescents/young adults.Read more ...

Advances in medicine have decreased childhood morbidity and mortality, enabling an increasing number of adolescents to reach adulthood (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). Currently, there are more than 18 million adolescents and young adults in the United States who receive caregiver-directed medical health care services (American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, and American College of Physicians, Transitions Clinical Report Authoring Group, 2011; Gottransition.org, 2017a; Sable et al., 2011).Read more ...

Descriptive Analysis and Profile of Health Care Transition Services Provided to Adolescents and Emerging Adults in the Movin' On Up Health Care Transition Program

Global efforts are underway to develop, implement and test health care transition models of care. Most studies have focused on the transfer of care models. In contrast, the nurse-led interdisciplinary HCT model, Movin' On Up, provides comprehensive HCT services beginning in early adolescence. A retrospective analysis was conducted of data extracted from HCT records of 146 adolescents and emerging adults with spina bifida who were provided services in the Movin' On Up HCT program.Read more ...